For Kids · 4 min with a grown-up
There's no rain and no food anywhere. But God takes care of His prophet Elijah in two surprising ways — with some birds, and with a jar that won't run empty.
Today's Story
It hadn't rained in a long, long time. The streams were drying up and food was hard to find. But God told His prophet Elijah, “Go to a brook. I will take care of you there.”
And here's how God did it: every morning and every evening, big black birds called ravens flew down to Elijah, carrying bread and meat in their beaks! Birds, bringing him dinner. Only God could think of that.
After a while the brook dried up too. So God sent Elijah to a town, to a poor widow and her son. But the widow had almost no food left — just a tiny bit of flour and a little oil. “I'm making one last little meal,” she said sadly, “and then it's gone.”
“Don't be afraid,” Elijah said. “Make me a little bread first, and then some for you and your son. Because God says your jar of flour and your jug of oil will not run empty until the rains come again.”
The widow trusted God's word. She made the bread. And the next morning — there was still flour in the jar and oil in the jug! And the next day. And the next. It never ran out, not once, the whole time. God fed all three of them, day after day, from a jar that should have been empty. (And later, when her son grew very sick, God used Elijah to make him well again, too.)
A Big Word
Memory Verse
Talk About It
- God fed Elijah with birds and the widow with a never-empty jar. What's a surprising way God has taken care of you or your family?
- The widow shared her very last bit of food, trusting God. Is it hard to share when you don't have much? What happened when she trusted God?
- God gave “enough” every single day — not a whole year at once, just enough for today. Why do you think God does it that way?